7 Sept 1976
SHEUNG KWOK LEUNG AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- SHEUNG KWOK LEUNG AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC561/1976
The Court of Appeal upheld the first appellant's convictions because, viewing the evidence afresh, the combination of expert handwriting opinion, the appellant's unequivocal out-of-court denials, the unexplained replacement of four '1's with winning numbers and the missing upper half of the ticket established guilt beyond reasonable doubt; the second appellant's convictions were quashed for lack of proof of knowledge. The trial judge's speculative finding of an inside accomplice was unnecessary to sustain the convictions and did not render the verdict unsafe.